Confined Space: The Pineros: Newspaper Series Forces Change in Treatment of Immigrant Workers

“Last month, the Sacramento Bee ran a three part series on the plight of the Pineros — the immigrant workers who work in the pines — and the horrible safety conditions they face every day on the job. They’re in this country on legal visas and federal officials oversee the contractors that employe the workers — often witnessing the hazardous conditions and abuse without taking any action.

As a result of the series, the head of the US Forest Service proposed sweeping changes last week to better protect migrant Latino forest workers from injury and abuse on the job, including demanding that agency personnel shut down unsafe job sites on the spot….”

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